In a season that has been outlined by the Royals’ stranding a dozen runners seemingly each night time, this afternoon’s recreation didn’t function that specific drawback. That’s as a result of the Royals solely had six baserunners all day. 4 singles, successful by pitch, and a stroll. The Royals additionally struck out a dozen occasions.
There’s simply nothing good to report about this one. Maikel Garcia was 2-for-4 however couldn’t do the whole lot himself. Michael Lorenzen did have the crew’s first high quality begin since his begin on Sunday, however it solely met the naked minimal requirement of six innings and three runs. He struck out solely 4 and walked three. Not one of the Royals’ three relievers managed a single strikeout.
Jacob Lopez pitched a gem for the Athletics. He got here into the day with a 6.00 ERA however lowered it to 4.80 by shutting the Royals out for six innings and tying his profession excessive in strikeouts at 9. A pair of middling Athletics relievers shut the Royals down for the ultimate three innings.
Bobby Witt Jr. went 0-for-3 and is now hitless in his final 15 at-bats with solely a single stroll. His OPS has dropped under .800. Earlier within the season, Salvador Perez and Vinnie Pasquantino had been black holes in the midst of the lineup, cratering the Royals’ choices. Now it’s Bobby. You’d need to think about he’ll begin hitting once more ultimately, however with the Royals in free fall, it’s cheap to surprise if it should occur quickly sufficient to stop the crew from promoting off some pitchers on the deadline in an try and re-tool for subsequent season.
Anyway, the Royals will play once more tomorrow afternoon at 1:10 CDT, hoping to stop the A’s from changing into the second crew to comb them this season. Noah Cameron will go up towards Jeffrey Springs. The sport can be simulcast on KSMO and KCTV 5 for these of you with out cable entry who, for some motive, wish to watch this crew play.
